Typography
A designer once said: ‘by no other aspect can amateurs be so easily distinguished from professionals’. Your essential secret weapon, a hidden tool of manipulation, a game of space and rhythm, placement and composition. Strive for perfection.
From the Archive
The best typography in the world. But don't take our word for it...
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- Banana
- Agency: Wieden+Kennedy UK
- Client: Honda
In book
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- Smooth Shifts / Save Fuel / More Grip
- Agency: DDB London
- Client: Volkswagen UK
Nomination
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- Fukutake House
- Agency: Flame, inc.
- Client: Soichiro Fukutake
Yellow Pencil
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- Pays / Healthier / Bad Taste
- Agency: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO
- Client: RSPCA
In book
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- In China
- Agency: Han Jiaying Design & Associates
- Client:
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- Informal
- Agency: Jannuzzi Smith
- Client: Prestel
Yellow Pencil
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- Bus Driver's Prayer Poster
- Agency: Studio Frith
- Client: The London Design Festival
In book
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- The 19th ITF Taekwondo Championship
- Agency: C Plus C Workshop
- Client: Hong Kong Taekwondo Federation
In book
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- CO-1 10th Anniversary Poster
- Agency: Eric Chan Design
- Client: CO-1 School of Visual Arts
Nomination
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- Art Out
- Agency: Mucho
- Client: Fundación Arte y Mecenazgo
Yellow Pencil
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- Clocks
- Agency: BETC Euro RSCG
- Client: The AIDS Africa Solidarity Fund
Yellow Pencil
A Living History of Type
One of the best kept secrets of design. The Monotype archive. A hundred years of type by some the masters of their craft. Explore with us every month.
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About creative business
Hot Metal Histories -
A Living History of Type: Mercurius Discovered
About creativity
A Living History of Type: Mercurius Discovered -
The Monotype Archive – 100 years of Typography
About creativity
The Monotype Archive – 100 years of Typography
You shouldn’t even notice typography, it should just be perfectly right.
Ben Stott
Co-founder, designer & director of NB Studio
You can’t say that craft stops when the monitor comes into the game
Justus Oehier
Pentagram partner
Everyone remembers their teachers, nobody remembers the students.
Alan Kitching
Designer
Irreverence is a theme that reoccurs through a lot of great people.
Rich Kennedy
Designer, BBH
The making of things is one thing, what happens to them when they hit the culture is another.
Paula Scher
Graphic Designer
Watch & Listen
Features and Opinion
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About the work
Order and Chaos -
Eine: Graffiti – The Form of Letters
About the work
Eine: Graffiti – The Form of Letters -
About creativity
The Allure of Hand Lettering -
Typography and Music: Breaking the Thumbnail
About the work
Typography and Music: Breaking the Thumbnail
Portfolios
Type from tomorrow's design giants. Browse the work of some of the most typographically talented new creatives
